Juan de la Cosa

Map of Juan de la Cosa

Juan de la Cosa (c. 1460- February 28, 1510), was a Spanish cartographer, conquistador and explorer. He made the earliest extant European world map to incorporate the territories of the Americas that were discovered in the 15th century. Image File history File links Juan de la Cosa (?-1509) Source : http://www. ... Image File history File links Juan de la Cosa (?-1509) Source : http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1163x2127, 3411 KB) [edit] Sumario Map by en:Juan de la Cosa in 1500. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1163x2127, 3411 KB) [edit] Sumario Map by en:Juan de la Cosa in 1500. ... Events The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1510 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cartography or mapmaking (in Greek chartis = map and graphein = write) is the study, practice, science and art of making maps or globes. ... Conquistador (Spanish: []) (meaning Conqueror in the Spanish language) is the term used to refer to the soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas and Asia Pacific under Spanish colonial rule between the 15th and 17th centuries, starting with the 1492 settlement established in the modern-day Bahamas... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... World map showing the Americas The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World consisting of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ...

Early life

According to tradition he was born in 1460 at Sta. Maria del Puerto (Santoña), on the Bay of Biscay, Spain. From early childhood he spent time on the water. From the waters of his native country, which he knew thoroughly, he soon ventured on to the coast of Western Africa, which was at that time the goal of many Spanish expeditions. The first reliable references place him in Portugal in 1488, meeting the explorer Bartolomeu Dias who had just sailed around the Cape of Good Hope. Santoña is a village in the western coast the autonomous community of Cantabria, on the north coast of Spain. ... Map of the Bay of Biscay. ... West Africa is the region of western Africa generally considered to include these countries: Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Côte dIvoire (Ivory Coast) Equatorial Guinea Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Niger Nigeria Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) Senegal Sierra Leone Togo Chad, Mauritania, and... // Events February 3 - Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, at the tip of Africa becoming the first known European to travel this far south. ... Bartolomeu Dias turning the Cape of Good Hope Statue of Dias in Cape Town, South Africa Bartolomeu Dias (pron. ... The Cape of Good Hope; looking towards the west, from the coastal cliffs above Cape Point. ...

Voyages

De la Cosa sailed with Christopher Columbus on his first three voyages to the New World. He owned and was master of Santa María, the flagship of Columbus' first voyage in 1492. On Columbus' second voyage, in 1493, de la Cosa was master and cartographer of the Marigalante. On Columbus' third voyage, in 1498, de la Cosa was on the ship La Niña. Christopher Columbus (Genoa?, Italy, 1451? – Valladolid, Spain, May 20, 1506) was a navigator and maritime explorer credited as the discoverer of the Americas. ... A functional sailing replica of the Santa Maria found in Funchal, Madeira Islands, Portugal. ... 1492 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1493 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1498 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On his fourth voyage, in 1499, de la Cosa was the first pilot for the expedition of Alonso de Ojeda and Amerigo Vespucci, and with them was among the first to set foot on the South American mainland on the Gulf of Paria. At the same time they explored the coast from Essequibo River to Cape Vela. 1499 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alonso de Ojeda (Cuenca, Spain, 1466? _ Santo Domingo, Spanish conquistador and explorer in the Americas. ... Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1451 - February 22, 1512) was an Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... The Gulf of Paria (Golfo de Paria in Spanish) is a shallow inland sea between the island of Trinidad (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) and the east coast of Venezuela. ... The Essequibo River is the longest river in Guyana, and the largest river between the Orinoco and Amazon. ... La Guajira is a department of Colombia. ...

On the fifth voyage, in 1500, de la Cosa, Rodrigo de Bastidas and Vasco Núñez de Balboa explored the lands of present-day Colombia and Panama. He explored further along the South American coast to the isthmus of Panama, and returned to Haiti in 1502. When the Spanish court found soon afterwards that the Portuguese had made several incursions into the newly discovered country, Queen Isabella sent Juan de la Cosa at the head of a delegation to Portugal to protest this incursion. 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rodrigo de Bastidas (c. ... Vasco Núñez de Balboa Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475–January 15, 1519) was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. ... The Isthmus of Panama connects North and South America. ... 1502 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Isabella of Castile (Spanish: Ysabel, Isabel or Isabela) (22 April 1451 - 26 November 1504) was queen of Castile. ...

De la Cosa was nominated alguazil major, and in 1504-05(?) (or 1506) was commander of an expedition to the Pearl Islands and the Gulf of Uraba to found settlements there. At the same time he visited Jamaica and Haiti. Alguazil is a Spanish title often to be met in stories and plays, derived from the Arabic visir and the article al The alguazil among the early Spaniards was a judge, and sometimes the governor of a town or fortress. ... Pearl Islands (or Archipelago de las Perlas in Spanish) is a group of islands on the Pacific side of Panama, the most notable of which is Contadora Island known for its resorts. ... The Gulf of Urabá is a gulf on the northern coast of South America. ...

In 1509 Juan de la Cosa set out for the seventh and last time for the New World. He carried two hundred colonists on three ships, and on reaching Haiti placed himself under the command of Alonso de Ojeda, who added another ship with one hundred settlers to the expedition. After having settled an old border dispute between Alonso de Ojeda and Diego de Nicuesa, they went with Francisco Pizarro into de Ojeda's territory and landed at Cartagena against the warnings of de la Cosa, who proposed to disembark on the more peaceful coast of the Gulf of Uraba. They were attacked by the natives and de la Cosa was shot with poison arrows and killed by Indians. 1509 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Diego de Nicuesa was a Spanish conquistador and explorer. ... Francisco Pizarro Francisco Pizarro (c. ... Nickname: The Heroic City The Walled City The Diplomatic City The Key of the West Indies The Walled Kingdom Best Fortified City of the Americas Historical Heritage of Mankind The Stone Coral Region Caribbean Region (Colombia) Department Bolívar Department* Foundation 1533 Mayor Nicolás Francisco Curi Vergara Area    - City...

Cartography

Spanish stamp on Juan de la Cosa's map

Juan de la Cosa made several maps of which the only survivor is the famous map of the world, the Mappa Mundi of 1500. It is the oldest known European cartographic representation of the New World. Of special interest is the outline of Cuba, which Christopher Columbus never believed to be an island. Walkenaer and Alexander von Humboldt were the first to point out the great importance of this chart. It is now in the Museo Naval in Madrid. Reproductions of it were first given by Humboldt in his Atlas géographique et physique. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (922x491, 40 KB)Spanish stamp. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (922x491, 40 KB)Spanish stamp. ... For other uses, see Map (disambiguation). ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... An 1859 portrait of Alexander von Humboldt by the artist Julius Schrader, showing Mount Chimborazo in the background. ... Location Coordinates : 40° 23’N , 3°43′0″W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Villa de Madrid (Spanish) Spanish name Villa de Madrid Founded 9th century Postal code 28001-28080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 91 (Villa de Madrid) Website http://www. ...

See also

• Map
• Cartography
• List of explorers
• List of cartographers
• List of conquistadors

This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913. For other uses, see Map (disambiguation). ... Cartography or mapmaking (in Greek chartis = map and graphein = write) is the study, practice, science and art of making maps or globes. ... This list of explorers is sorted by surname. ... Cartography is the study of map making and cartographers are map makers. ... See also conquistador Spanish colonization of the Americas Encomienda This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language encyclopedia published in 1913 by The Encyclopedia Press. ...

External links

• Catholic Encyclopedia